Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/1156

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1104 F1FTY-S1X’1‘H CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ch. 851. 1901. R“bb€"‘“m¥’S· For rubber stamps and type, metal-bodied rubber type, dates, figgrpp, and holders, and ink and pads for rubber stamps, five thousand o ars. Packing b°X€S· For packing boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. P’i“““g— For printing facing slips and cutting same, card slide labels, blanks, alng books of an urgent nature for the postal service, thirty thousand 0 ars. Bmk b°°kS· "‘°· Blanks, blank books, rinted matter, metal advertising signs, twine, carbon paper, and articles ertaining to its use in the issue and ay- ment of money orders, onegxundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: {;1r{>g>;<gaug€ab,€ Provided, That five per centum of the foregoing amount for blanks, expenamn-es.blank books, and so forth, may be available interchangeably for expenditure on the three following items, but no one of such items shall thereby be increased more than five per centum: ,cgi¤¤€>‘·¤Fd€r Sm- Rubber and metal stamps and repairs thereto; ribbons, pads, and ' racks for the money-order service, eight thousand dollars. Copying presses and typewriting machines and repairs thereto, for use of the money-order service, ten thousand dollars. Exchange on drafts, stationery, and necessary miscellaneous expenses of the money-order service, fifteen thousand dollars. . ,,,;$¤j;>S;*€§_G*g,j§;;*{?* orricn or run snoonn ASSISTANT 1-os·r1uAsrEn-GENERAL. l¤l**·Pd mil ******5* INLAND MAIL TRANSPORTATION! For inland transportation by star portation. . . . . smmums. routes, mcludin temporary service to newly estabhshed offices, five iggggv- . million Eve hundred and eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That out it SGTVICB. . • • • • · of this appropriation the Postmaster-General is authorized to prov1de diiiicult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable, without advertising therefor. Smmb¤¤*’°¤°€¤- For inland transportation by steamboat routes, five hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars. M€S‘°¤g*" S€1"~’i¤°· d Tor mail-messenger service, one million and thirty-eight thousand ollars. gr}$g1¤§’,{d¤§€,E,<;),jglfé The Postmaster-General is directed, if he has sufficient available system. information to enable him to do so, to report to Congress the probable cost of connecting a telegraph and telephone system with the postal service by some feasible plan. “'“=g°“·°‘°··S""’i°°· For regulation, screen, or other wagon service, eight hundred thousand dollars. Bags °““’h°’S· ***9 For mail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and for labor and material necessarv for repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy -five thousand dollars. L°°k"· keys- °°°· For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor and material necessary for repairing same, forty-three thousand dollars. R°P*’~i”h°P· For rent of building for a ma1l—bag repair shop and lock-repair shop, and for fuel, gas, watchmen and charwomen, oil and repair of machinery for said shops, eight thousand five hundred dollars. Reilrmd *01****5- For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, stamped paper, mail equipment, and other supplies from the manufactories or depositories to the post—offices gud depots of distribution, thirty-four million seven hundred thousand ollars. P¤¤*#<>¤’¤¢<> cm- For railway post-office car service, four million eight hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. · A icyilivev Mm Sew- RAILWAY MAIL Snnvionz One General Superintendent, at three Siiperintendents, thousand five hundred dollars; one Assistant General Superintendent, °1°‘kS· "*°‘ at three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, office of General Superintendent, two thousand dollars; eleven division superintendents, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; eleven assistant division super-